英语释义

1. feeling strongly that one does not want (something) or will not do (something)
Everyone was set against going. He was dead set against the deal.

英汉例句

• catalysts recognize that not everyone appreciates or welcomes change, in fact they know that some people are dead set against it.

  促进者承认不是每个人都喜欢或欢迎改变，他们知道事实上有些人誓死反对它。

• it is bad enough that the pakistani elite don「t seem eager to cooperate with this agenda of transformation; now, nature also seems to be set against it.

  这实在是太糟糕了，巴基斯坦的精英阶层看上去并不急于进行某种改变；现在，自然好像也同样反对。

• many thought the very idea ridiculous, since as an institution the catholic church was dead set against the ira and its violence.

  当时许多人认为这种指控很荒谬，因为天主教会是一贯主张与爱尔兰共和军及其暴行坚决对抗到底的。

• german public opinion is firmly set against dipping into the public purse to help the profligate greeks.

  德国舆论坚决反对使用其国库的钱来帮助挥霍的希腊人。

• the decision on how best to provide this unified view are often set against the availability of tooling, experience, expertise and culture of the organization.

  有关如何最好地提供此统一视图的决策通常是根据组织中的工具可用性、经验、专业知识以及企业文化做出的。

• and i think here about these unrealistic expectations many poor managers set against their teams too.

  我想，许多不好的经理也会把这些不切实际的期望寄托在他们的团队上。

• coherence can be overrated, especially when set against the need to keep together two parties with radically different takes on europe.

  尤其是憎恶把对欧洲从根本上有着不同喜好的的双方捆绑在一起时，这种一致性就被夸大。

• but the leaders of france, germany, austria and the netherlands seem dead set against turkish entry, as is much of their public opinion.

  但法、德、奥、荷等国领导人似乎坚决反对土耳其入盟，这也是其民心所向。

• during her first appearance in melbourne, the world no. 6 was flustered, even when winning the first set against kim clijsters.

  在墨尔本第一次亮相决赛时，即使在对阵克里斯特尔斯时赢下了第一盘，如今的世界第六还是有点慌乱。

• yet even set against that miserable standard, it is the republicans who deserve most criticism.

  然而权衡利弊，即使这一标準有失公允，最该受批评的仍是共和党人。

• that may not be so unusual when set against three millennia of conflict in the med.

  放在地中海三千年的沖突历史中来看，这或许并没什么大不了。

• the republicans who control the house are dead set against anything that smacks of greenery, not to mention anything that would add to spending at a time when they are trying to take an axe to it.

  把持众议院的共和党人坚决反对任何牵扯绿色能源的提议，更别说还会增加开支了，要知道此刻他们本来就正磨刀霍霍。

• the desire to be liberated from oil」s omnipresent grip is set against a backdrop of america「s love-hate relationship with energy.

  使美国摆脱石油对其无处不在的控制这一愿望其实就是平衡美国人对能源的一种爱恨情绪。

• set against this cosy fantasy, on the back wall of a darkened vault dedicated to haider’s death, is a projected image of the mangled car in which he died.

  与这种舒适的幻想相反的是墻背面的黑暗的墓穴上对于海德尔的死亡的描述，即他死在一个面目全非的汽车里。

• but set against this backdrop are the voices that support the bnp」s ideal.

  然而，在这种背景下还是产生了支持国家党理想的声音。

• but the republicans who control the house of representatives are dead set against any tax increases.

  然而，控制众议院的共和党人竭力反对任何形式的税收增加。

• a tractor can gather the harvest better than children. your wife may get a factory job—and now her lost wages must be set against the benefits of another baby.

  拖拉机可以比子女手工收割更有效率，而你的妻子可能在工厂里有份工作---现在她的薪水必然能抵消多一个孩子可带来的利益。

• they are typically set against agile from the beginning because they see that it will interfere with what they perceived to be their currently successful role within the company.

  他们往往在一开始就反对敏捷，因为他们看到，敏捷会影响他们当前在公司内被认为成功的职务。

• now, nature also seems to be set against it.

  现在，自然好像也同样反对。

• to set against these doubts is one very big plus. for the past three or so years, mr gandhi has campaigned relentlessly, often staying with the poor—no politician has travelled more.

  有一个极大优势能抵消上述质疑：在过去三四年中，拉胡尔不知疲倦地到各地活动，经常与穷人在一起——比任何政客去的地方都多。

• the church he loved was celibate, hostile to women priests and set against gays; if catholics were only faithful to the teachings of the magisterium, he wrote, all would be well.

  他热爱的教派主张禁欲主义，反对妇女作牧师并反对同性恋；他写道，如果天主教徒只忠心于教权的教导，那么一切就都好了。

• set against this is the fact that we clearly live in a society awash with materialism, where objects are valued way beyond their possible contribution to our happiness.

  与之相对的是，我们真实地生活在一个用物质堆砌的社会，在这里，衡量事物的方式远不止它们对我们幸福感的可能性贡献。

相似词

embitter使怨恨；使难受；使受苦